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Hay and Pasture Permanent Meadow Mixtures. 



No. 5. FOR LIGHT, GRAVELLY AND SANDY SOIL. 



Composed of grasses that will produce a good, permanent 

 sod besides yielding heavy hay crops. This mixture is specially 

 adapted for a sheep pasture. 

 Orchard Grass, Meadow Fescue, 



Meadow Foxtail, Sheep's Fescue, 



English Ryegrass, Crested Dogstail 

 Italian Ryegrass, Timothy, 



Tall Meadow Fescue, Red Clover, 

 Kentucky Bluegrass, White Clover, 

 Red Top Grass, Alsike Clover, | 



Hard Fescue, J 



No. 6. FOR MEDIUM OR RICH PRAIRIE SOILS 

 Orchard Grass^ Tall Meadow Oat 



Red Top Grass, Grass, 



Meadow Foxtail, Meadow Fescue, 



Kentucky Bluegrass, Tall Fescue, 

 Hard Fescue, Timothy, 



Sheep's Fescue, Red Clover, 



English_Ryegrass, Alsike Clover, 



White Clover. 

 FOR HEAVY OR CLAY SOILS 



Tall Gat Grass, 



Tall Fescue, 



Meadow Fescue, 



Red Clover, 



SoTV 25 lbs. per acre. 



25 lbs $3.2.5 



50 lbs 6.0O 



100 lbs 11.50 



Sow 25 lbs. per acre. 



25 lbs $3.25 



50 lbs 6.00 



100 lbs 11.50 



SoTT 25 lbs. per acre. 



25 lbs $3.25 



50 lbs COO 



100 lbs 11.50 



Italian Ryegrass, 



No. 7. 

 Meadow Foxtail, 

 English Ryegrass, 

 Orchard Grass, 

 Red Top Grass, 



Kentucky Bluegrass, Alsike Clover 

 Italian Ryegrass, White Clover, 



No. 8. FOR 'hay on MVET SOILS WHICH ARE OCCASION- 

 ALLY OVERFLOWED. 



Fowl Meadow Grass, Timothy, ") « „% lbs ner acre 



Rough Etalkcd Tall Fescue, S^itZ 

 Meadow Grass, Alsike Clover, *- ■*"* '"** 



Water Meadow Grass, Red Top Grass, 

 Water Spear Grass, 



.$3.50 



f 50 lbs 6.50 



J 100 lbs 12.50 



No. 9. FOR HAY ONLY. 



This is a permanent Meadow Mixture, composed of Grasses 

 which will yield the largest possible amount of Hay. The value 

 of the aftergrowth or second cutting has, in good years, been 

 equal to an ordinary hay crop, obtained from sowings of Tim- 

 othy. 

 Five tons per acre have been cut from this In one year. 



Orchard Grass, 

 Meadow Fescue, 

 Tall Meadow Oat 



Grass, 

 Red Top Grass, 



English Ryegrass, 

 Italian Ryegrass, 

 Meadow Foxtail, 

 Red Clover, 

 Alsike Clover, 



Sow 25 lbs. per acre. 



25 lbs $3.25 



.50 lbs 6.0O 



100 lbs 11.50 



No. 10. FOR ORCHARDS AND SHADY PLACES. 



A mixture of grasses adapted for growing where there is con- 

 siderable shade. One of the best of our mixtures for giving a 

 large bulk of hay of excellent quality. 

 Orchard Grass. White Clover, -v Sow 25 lbs. per acre. 



Meadow Foxtail, Red Clover, I 25 lbs $3.25 



Wood Meadow Grass, Meadow Fescue, f .50 lbs 6.2,5 



Kentucky Bluegrass, Red Top Grass, J 100 lbs 12.00 



No. 11. FOR RENOVATING OLD PASTURES AND 

 MEADOWS. 



Grass lands that have for years been giving good Hay crops, 

 without receiving a top dressing of barnyard or commercial fer- 

 tilizers, become bare and thin, frequently wanting in the more 

 nutritive grasses. These pastures will be greatly improved by 

 sowing this mixture at the rate of 10 pounds per acre. Previous 

 to sowing, harrow the sod with a sharp-tooth harrow, then 

 handsow broadcast, passing over the field with a good heavy 

 roller. 



Orchard Grass, English Ryegrass 



Meadow Fescue, Hard Fescue, 



Tall Oat Grass, Red Clover, 



Italian Ryegrass, Alsike Clover, 



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J 10^ 



Sow 10 lbs. per acre. 



10 lbs $1.30 



50 lbs 6.00 



100 lbs 11.50 



i When Grasses and Clover are sent out for Fall sowing, the Clovers will be sent separate and should not be so-wn till Spring, 



owin^ to their liability to be Winter lililed. 



EGYPTIAN CLOVER-BERSEEM. (Trifolium Alexandrinum.) 



The Great Forage and Soiling Cropof the Nile Valley. An Annual Clovsr yielding immense 

 crops of the most nutritious Forage. Outstrips any other crop in the rapidity of its growth. 



Cuttings of 14 TONS TO THE ACRE have been secured 48 days after sowing the seed. 

 While it is not generally known, there are few countries where Agriculture pays better 

 than it does in Egypt, and this remarkable clover is the basis of success, for not only does 

 It yield enormous crops of excellent fodder, but it is depended upon almost entirely to fur- 

 nish the continued fertility of the soil. Mr. Wilcox, author of "Egyptian Irrigation," said 

 he had seen land steadily improve in fertility under a culture of half-year cotton and half- 

 year Berseem without the addition of any manure or fertilizer. 



Value as a Crop on Allcali Soil — Berseem eats down salts and enriches the soil with ni- 

 trates. Mr. D. G. Fairchild, of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, describes a 

 tract of Alkali land in Egypt 30,000 acres in extent reclaimed by Berseem, where horses 

 and cattle were grazing in a luxuriant grow^th of Berseem, which two years previous was 

 as barren of vegetation as a bathing beach. 



Heavy Crops Under Irrigation — In the southern and western states where irrigation is 

 practiced Berseem will undoubtedly prove a valuable crop, for it starts into growth with 

 remarkable rapidity — a cutting of 14 tons having been secured of it 48 days after sowing,, 

 followed by a second cutting of 13 tons, and a third cutting of 15 tons, making a total of 

 42 tons of the most palatable and nutritious green fodder from three cuttings. 



Compared with Alfalfa — It resembles Alfalfa quite closely when young; its flower, how- 



} ever, is w^hite, in form like a loose variety of red clover. It is especially valuable to sow 



1 after a summer crop. Owing to the rapidity of its growth cuttings of it may be made in 



j fall, followed by an early spring crop. Alfalfa, on the other hand, should be sown in spring 



: and no crop expected from it until the following season. 



I Soiling Value of Berseem — On irrigated lands in California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico 

 and the Colorado Desert, Berseem should prove exceedingly valuable. It may also be used 



; with advantage in the humid climates of Washington and Oregon in rotation with wheat, 

 where thousands of acres lie fallow throughout the winter. In the middle states, planted 



' in spring after danger of frost is over, good crops may be grown before the excessive heat 

 of summer. All kinds of stock eat it greedily and thrive on it. Most remarkable fattening 

 properties are ascribed to it, and for milch cows it is invaluable. 



The seed we offer is imported direct from Egypt and will be ready to send out early in 

 March. 1 lb. 30c; (by mail 1 lb. 40c); 10 lbs. $2.75; 25 lbs. $6.50; 100 lbs. $25.00. 



BBBSEEM, ABOUT ONE- 

 HALP TBE NATTTBAL 

 BIZE. 



Mr. J. W. Pettett, Clallan County, 

 Wash., writes: "Egyptian Clover 

 did well. Ten weeks from sowing 

 some of it measured 3 feet 9 inches. 

 It will make a splendid clover for 

 Western Washington." 



Mr. J. F. Littooy, Snohomish 

 County, Wash., writes: "From seed 

 of Berseem sown June 6 I have a 

 growth 2 feet 6 inches, and a good 

 stand Sept. 1. It is a little ahead of 

 Alfalfa sown the same day." 



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